Eric Hoffer Inspirational Quotes

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  We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

• To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Change, Different

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

• Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Faith, Atheist

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

• Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Speech on the Occasion of the Opening of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference by Adrienne Clarkson in Winnipeg, archive.gg.ca. May 07, 2004.

• Creativity is discontent translated into arts.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Art, Creativity

• An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Funny, Education

  "Reflections on the Human Condition" by Eric Hoffer, (Section 49), 1973.

• The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Fear, People

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

• We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Self Respect

  "Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer".

• Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

  Eric Hoffer

  Inspirational, Compassion, Soul

  Eric Hoffer (1977). “In our time”, McNally & Loftin Publishers

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